The Kokkos Journey to HPSF
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This talk, presented as part of the inaugural CSCCE Birdaro Training Program for Open-Source Leaders, detailed the strategic decision by the Kokkos leadership to pursue a neutral home for the project.
My colleague, Luc Berger-Vergiat, and I shared the challenges of expanding from a single lab to a multi-institutional, international collaboration. Specifically, we discussed how the end of the ECP umbrella necessitated finding a durable, vendor-neutral structure. The talk highlighted our collaboration with the Spack project and the subsequent formation and launch of the High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF), emphasizing the benefits of consolidated governance for sustainability, vendor support, and streamlined user engagement.
Presented during the session on Organizational Governance and Identifying Structures and Processes to Support Open-Source Projects.